Shipping-tag



n. A. C UKE AND F]. J. TWl LLE Y, 'SHIPPING TAG; APPLICATION map NOV- r. 1919.'

I Patented Jill 20,1920.

NVENTOR 29274 3 BY F v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DUNCAN ALFRED CUKE AND-FREDERICK JAMES TWILLEY, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC,

. CANADA.

SHIPPING-TAG.

To all whom it may concern: 1 Be it known that we, DUNCAN ALFRED Conn and F REDERIcK JAMns TWILLEY, subjects of the King of Great Britain, and residing at 2198 Waverley street and 115 Youville Square, respectively, in the city and District of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Shipping-Tag, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to shipping tags as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel form of fastener attached to the tag, whereby the latter may be secured to the article or package with great facility.

The objects of the invention are to insure a good fastening and thereby avoid the miscarriage of parcels in transport from one place to another; to increase the output of shipping tags at the same proportionate cost of production; to save labor and time in shipping departments of large and small establishments; to eliminate the use of string as a means of securing the tag to the package; and generally to provide a tag that will be cheap to manufacture, eflicient as a tie and durable and serviceable in use. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tag with fastener attached.

Fig. 2 is a view, showing the tag partly attached to the rope of a parcel.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the tag completely attached to the parcel.

Fig. 4. is a detail of the fastener apart from the tag.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 1y 20, 192() Application filed November 7, 1919. i

Serial No. 336,387.

Referring to the drawings, the tag 1 may be of card, cloth or any other suitable material for address purposes.

The fastener 2 is formed of a piece of thin sheet metal preferably of a pliable nature and having the teeth 3 from the body portion a, which teeth are projected through the tag 1 at any convenient place adjacent to the edge and clenched.

The arms 5 and 6 project outwardly from the body 4; beyond the edge of the card and preferably spread out more or less in the form of antenna, so that the inconvenience of interference is minimized in fastening operations as the arm 5 is twisted around the string or rope 7 in one direction and the arm 6 is twisted around in the other direction with the result that the tag is securely locked to the package.

Changes in the shape, number of arms and other details of construction may ocour in practice without departing from the spirit of the invention and so long as such changes are within the scope of the claim for novelty following, the protection accorded shall not be invalidated.

What we claim is A shipping tag comprising a card and a Y-shaped piece of pliable sheet metal clenched to one end of the card and having the crotch of the Y extending therebeyond forming projecting arms in a parallel plane to the card adapted to be curled in opposite directions around the cord of the package.

Signed at the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, this 28th day of October, 1919.

DUN CAN ALFRED CUKE. FREDERICK JAMES TWILLEY. 

